I was raised in southern Utah, spending summers in Zion and Bryce Canyon.  I graduated from BYU, then worked as a department secretary in the Moral Studies Department.  I taught Fiber Arts and Design at BYU.  After our family relocated to Gilbert, Arizona I taught 9th, 10th, and 11th grade English at Highland High School.  I trained to be a doula, helping to deliver babies. I have taught 7th and 8th Grade English, Speech and Debate, and Creative Writing at Summit Academy since the Junior High opened on this campus.  I have nine children and several honorary children who have shared our home.  I also have sixteen grandchildren.  I have done humanitarian work in Mozambique and participated in wilderness survival in Arizona.  I love traveling, reading, writing, sewing, weaving, baking, hiking, and spending time with family.